XGEN: How to Make Disks From the Select CD

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Select CD includes a copy of Exchange Server Standard Edition. This article explains the procedure for creating the connector disks for the Standard Edition of Exchange from the Select CD.

MORE INFORMATION

There are two ways to create disks from the Select CD.

Using Cdselect.exe:

The Select CD includes a program that gives the customer a graphical interface for creating disk images, Cdselect.exe. This program is located on the Server Pool PC Server 1 CD. Insert this CD and run Cdselect.exe. This program will run on Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT.

NOTE: When you insert this CD on Windows 95, Autorun, if enabled, will automatically start Cdselect.exe.

When the program starts, choose the connector you want, click the Make Disk button and follow the prompts.

Using the DOS utilities

These utilities below can be found in the \Dostools directory on the Server Pool PC Server 1 CD. This is an excerpt from the Readme.txt file. The path to the .img or .dmf file can be found in the Select CD documentation.

DSKIMAGE.EXE. Writes floppy diskettes from an *.IMG image file.

Syntax:

   dskimage img-file drive [/f]

   img-file.  The full pathname of the *.IMG disk image file.
              drive. Drive letter of the destination floppy disk
              drive.

   Using /f causes the floppy disk in the target drive to be formatted
   before the disk is written. If the disk is already formatted, /f
   will re-format the disk anyway. If the /f switch is omitted and
   the disk in the drive is unformatted, dskimage will fail.

   dskimage \us\word.win\disk1.img b: /f

• Will not work on *.DMF images.
• Will not work on 360K image files while running under Windows 95.

      Under Windows 95, use Icopy.exe, or start Cdselect.exe and choose
      Make Disk. Or run under Windows 3.x or Window for Workgroups 3.x.
  

Syntax:

   dmfwrite dmf-file drive [/u] [/w]

   dmf-file. The full pathname of the *.DMF disk image file.
   drive.    Drive letter of the destination floppy disk drive.

   /U   Don't prompt to insert diskette.
   /W   Prompt before exiting.

   dmfwrite \us\office.win\disk2.dmf a: /u

• Will not work on *.IMG image files

Syntax:

   icopy img-file drive

   img-file.  The full pathname of the *.IMG disk image file.
   drive.     Drive letter of the destination drive. The drive can
              be either a floppy disk drive, or a local or a networked
              hard disk.

   icopy \us\word.win\disk1.img d:\word

   To expand all image files into a single directory, use:
   icopy \us\word.win\disk1.img x:\word
   icopy \us\word.win\disk2.img x:\word

   To expand each image file into a subdirectory, use:
   icopy \us\word.win\disk1.img x:\word\disk1
   icopy \us\word.win\disk2.img x:\word\disk2

• Will not work on *.DMF image files

Syntax:

   makedisk source destination [start]

   source.       The full pathname of the directory containing the
                 images to be copied.
   destination.  Drive letter of the destination drive.  Must
                 be either floppy disk drive a: or b:.

   start.  The first disk you want to create.  Default is 1.

   makedisk d:\us\word.win a:
   makedisk d:\us\excel.win a: 2

• Will not work on a product that has no disk image (*.IMG or *.DMF) files provided on the Select CD.
• Will not work on 360K image files while running under Windows 95. Under Windows 95, use Icopy.exe, or start Cdselect.exe and choose Make Disk. Or run under Windows 3.x or Window for Workgroups 3.x.